Tampa Blades 14u: Welcome
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Here comes the BOOM
Thursday, July 17
THE TAMPA BLADES ARE PROUDLY SPONSORED BY
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Wednesday, June 14
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| 2006 USSSA STATE CHAMPIONS |
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Friday 16th |
8pm |
Blades 6 |
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Jax Bomb Squad 1 |
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Saturday 17th |
1pm |
Blades 8 |
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Wellington Warriors 2 |
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Sunday 18th |
10:30am |
Blades 7 |
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Mizuno Palm Beach 3 |
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Sunday 18th |
1pm |
Blades 8 |
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C.F. Indians 7 |
Click on the picture or the headline above to go to USSSA web-site to read the article and see some video clips.
THE NOW UNDISPUTED 2006 FLORIDA STATE CHAMPIONS
Wednesday, May 24
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Friday 26th |
Blades 5 |
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Montverde Mavericks 4 |
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Friday 26th |
Blades 8 |
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Venice Pythons 0 |
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Saturday 27th |
Blades 17 |
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Sunshine Slammers 7 |
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Sunday 28th |
Blades 12 |
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Collier County Select 0 |
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Sunday 28th |
Blades 10 |
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Tallahassee Longhorns 8 |
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Sunday 28th |
Blades 5 |
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T.B. Renegades 4 |
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| 2006 AAU STATE CHAMPIONS |
Wednesday, April 19
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Friday 21st |
Blades 6 |
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Lakeland Renegades 1 |
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Saturday 22nd |
Blades 4 |
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Collier County Select 5 |
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Saturday 22nd |
Blades 5 |
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Tampa Heat 1 |
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Sunday 23rd |
Blades 11 |
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Young Guns 2 |
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Sunday 23rd |
Blades 10 |
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TB Renegades 1 |
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Tuesday, April 4
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Satuday the 8th |
Blades 8 |
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WP Diamond Dawgs 1 |
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Saturday the 8th |
Blades 13 |
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Jacksonville Dawgs 11 |
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Sunday the 9th |
Blades 3 |
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Broward Canes 1 |
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Sunday the 9th |
Blades 6 |
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Central Florida Bomb Squad 5 |
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Sunday the 9th |
Blades 6 |
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Tampa Panthers 5 |
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Wednesday, March 29
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Friday 31st |
7:30pm |
Blades 9 |
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TB Renegades 4 |
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Saturday 1st |
3:30pm |
Blades 7 |
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Sarasota Sting 2 |
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Sunday 2nd |
11:15am |
Blades 10 |
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Sarasota Elite 6 |
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Sunday 2nd |
1:30pm |
Blades 13 |
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Tampa Stix 6 |
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Sunday 2nd |
3:45pm |
Blades 7 |
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Bomb Squad 3 |
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Friday Feb.10th |
5pm |
Blades 7 |
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Florida Blaze 3 |
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Saturday Feb.11th |
Forfeit |
Blades 7 |
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Sarasota Sting 0 |
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Saturday Feb. 11th |
12:30 |
Blades 12 |
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Montverde 3 |
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Sunday Feb. 12th |
4pm |
Blades 10 |
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Young Guns 4 |
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Sunday Feb. 12th |
8pm |
Blades 1 |
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Bomb Squad 0 |
The Tampa Blades win their 3rd Presidents Day Tournament in a row this week end in Clearwater. The Blades won their pool and secured the first round by and #1 seed for championship day. The semi final game was against the West Florida Young Guns with Monroe on the hill. The game stayed tight through 3 innings until the Blades unleashed their offense scoring 7 unanswered runs while Monroe worked through the Guns line up holding them to 4 runs for the day, final score Blades 10 Young Guns 4. The Championship game once again proved to be a dog fight between The Blades and the Bomb Squad. With Zach Payne (Blades) and Colin Richardson (Bomb Squad) pitching the table was set for a pitchers dual with two of the states best 14u pitchers battling it out. The defense was outstanding as usual from both teams making at least 2 ESPN quality plays per team. Both pitchers lived up to their reputations by keeping the game scoreless until the relievers took over.With the teams tied 0-0 going into the 7th the game proved to be Paynes night as he lead of the 7th with a double to right field. With Willis pinch running for Payne all that was needed was a grounder to the right side to advance him to third followed by a sacrifice fly by Arce to bring him in to score the games only run. Great tournament Blades!
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| 2006 AAU Presidents Day Champions |
Tuesday, February 14
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Sat. 2/18 |
9am |
Blades 18 |
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S.E.Sluggers 2 |
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Sat. 2/18 |
11:30am |
Blades 8 |
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Heat Baseball 0 |
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Sun. 2/19 |
11:30am |
Blades 17 |
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Patriots 0 |
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Sun. 2/19 |
5:30pm |
Blades 13 |
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Traveling Eagles 2 |
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Sun. 2/19 |
8:30pm |
Blades 2 |
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Mizuno - Long Island 0 |
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Mon. 2/20 |
11:30am |
Blades 5 |
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Team IBC 4 |
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Mon. 2/20 |
2pm |
Blades 14 |
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Reggie Williams 8 |
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| 2006 IBC Winter Nationals Champions |
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| East vs West Champions | |
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| IBC STATE 2005 CHAMPIONS |
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Saturday Dec. 3rd |
9am |
Blades 18 |
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Wolfpack 0 |
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Saturday Dec 3rd |
11:30am |
Blades 12 |
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Bulldogs Baseball 0 |
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Sunday Dec. 4th |
11:30am or 2pm |
Blades 12 |
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Wolfpack 2 |
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Sunday Dec. 4th |
4:30pm |
Blades 6 |
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Stix 3 |
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Sunday Dec. 4th |
7pm |
Blades 11 |
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Yankees 1 |
The Blades added yet another tournament and state title to their list of accopmlishments. The Blades swept through the IBC State Championships going 5-0 bringing the overall fall record to 45-1.
Go to the bottom of this page for a map to Norton fields.
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| 2005 Holloween Bat Bash Champions | |
The Blades run through the competition at the Halloween Bat Bash in Venice. The Blades out scored the other teams by a 70 to 10 Margin over 5 games. The Blades run ruled all of the games except the 10-5 victory over the Lakewood Legends in the semi finals game. Congradulations to the boys for their third straight tournament victory in this fall season.
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| 2005 Fall Classic Champions | |
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Friday 18th |
Blades 11 |
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Lakewood legends 2 |
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Saturday 20th |
Blades 13 |
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PC Red Sox 3 |
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Saturday 20th |
Blades 9 |
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Hitting Zone Heat 1 |
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Sunday 20th |
Quarter |
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Finals |
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Sunday 20th |
Semi |
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Finals |
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Sunday 20th |
Championship |
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Jax Blackwolves 0 |
The Tampa Blades continue their quest for an undefeated season by sweeping through the Slug A Rama tournament. This brings their overall record to 23 - 0.
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| BLADES 4th of JULY PARADE FLOAT |
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| 2005 AAU 1st Pitch Champions | |
The Blades demonstrated once again why they are one of the top 13U teams in the nation. The Blades played hard baseball all weekend against great compitetion. Hats off to Zach Payne for having a three hit shut out against the Tampa Stix.
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The extensive rain throughout the weekend of the tournament set the stage for the Blades to have the longest Sunday they have ever had. Unlike most of their opponents that day the Blades had to play all of their games in one day! This had the Blades with each win facing yet another rested opponent as they grow more weary as the day drug out. The Blades first game began at 9am that morning and the Championship game did not conclude until 1:30am the next morning. The battles were tough, but the boys played through all five games without complaint. They showed true heart all the way and then proved to be incredible sportsman as they congratulated the Predators one by one. I could not be more proud of this fine example of athletes and young gentlemen. Everyday these boys remind me why I love to coach them! The Blades now will be playing for their respective High Schools through the month of June, but the month of July we will back to the grind with our eyes set on a NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!
Preliminary Pool Play Saturday: Game #1 - Blades defeat Philadelphia Senators 17-0 Game #2 - Blades defeat Mooresville Racers 12-1 Sunday: Game #3 - Blades defeat Maryland Red Dogs 6-1 *** BLADES ADVANCE TO CHAMPIONSHIP POOL PLAY *** Monday: Game #1 - Blades defeat Charlotte Mega Stars 12-0 Tuesday: Game #2 - Blades defeat Carolina Mud Dawgs 7-1 Wednesday: Game #3 - Blades defeat Hendersonville Lightning 8-7 *** BLADES ADVANCE TO CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKET *** Thursday: Game #1 - Blades defeat Carolina Angels 7-6 (in 8 innings) Game #2 - Blades defeat Hendersonville Lightning 8-5 *** BLADES ADVANCE TO FINAL FOUR *** Friday: Game #1 - Central Florida Indians defeat Tampa Blades 2-1 Game #2 - Tampa Blades defeat Tampa Heat 9-5 *** BLADES FINISH 3rd AT NATIONALS ***
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| Triple Crown Champions |
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| 2005 PRESIDENT DAY CHAMPIONS |
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| SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD | |
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| Click on image to go to Student Sports Magazine |
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Click on the team picture to connect to Student Sports Magazine and check out the article about the Blades victory under the baseball catagory!
Thats right the TAMPA BLADES claim their second STATE TITLE of the season by winning the AAU Fall Classic. The Blades cut through the competition with a 6-0 record and recorded 2 shut outs. Highlights as follows.
BATTING
Knapp and Willis both logged 7 RBI's while McCloud and Ramsay both crossed the plate 8 times.
PITCHING
The pitching was outstanding with Prieto 9 innings, Knapp 10 innings, Payne 9 innings, Ramsay 6 innings and Padgett 1 inning shutting down all their opponents with the help of their flawless defense. Prieto once again pitched an incredible Championship game lulling the Blackwolves to sleep painting the corners of the plate. GREAT PITCHING WINS TOURNAMENTS!
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| PRIETO | |
The Blades took 3rd place in the AAU Winter National Tournament of Champions. The team finished out 2004 with a 3rd place victory making their overall AAU fall record including AAU Tournaments to be 26 & 1. The boys need to be congratulated on an incredible run of 26 consecutive wins! Unfortunately all winning steaks end with a loss. Nothing left to do but try and top that in the Spring of 2005. Great job boys I could not be prouder of all of you!
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The Blades finished the AAU regular season this fall undefeated and ranked number one in the State rankings! This season has been outstanding as the players adjusted to the big field like true players. I started the season with the prediction of "best ever" and the boys made it come true. I look forward to the upcoming tournaments with great anticipation. The players skills and endurance will be tested hard as we will enter this conflicts with the bulls eye square on our chests. Time to cowboy up!
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The Tampa Blades win the IBC World Series in Clearwater Florida!